Offer summary

Qualifications:

Fluency in French and English is essential., Strong written and verbal communication skills are required., Good knowledge of global real-time payments and the payments landscape is necessary., Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure are important..

Key responsibilities:

Work closely with the sales/business development team to explore sales opportunities.

Liaise with customers to qualify leads and create solution constructs.

Drive discussions in client interactions and capture customer requirements clearly.

Manage the complete pre-sales cycle, including drafting solution scope documents and executing the bidding process.

Job description

Pre-Sales Consultant will be responsible for advising our Business Development & Sales teams on large, complex deals addressing technical and product questions and helping the customer understand how to implement ProgressSoft’s systems most effectively. He will be responsible for being a product specialist with deep understanding of all product integrations and enterprise features.

Responsibilities

Work closely with sales/business development team to explore sales opportunities for company’s product suite.
Liaise and discuss with customers/prospects to qualify the opportunity /lead and create a solution construct.
Assist BD/ Sales team in the qualification of customer needs & performing pre demo needs analysis.
Drive techno functional discussion in client interaction/pre-sales and appropriately capture customer requirement with maximum clarity.
SPOC for complete pre-sales cycle from requirement scoping, product fitment, solutioning, and technical proposal creation by working closely with members of the sales, delivery, product & support team.
Draft solution scope document which meets customer expectation and translate these accurately to the delivery team / product team for estimation and successful delivery mechanism.
Generate product demo scripts & scenarios and orchestration of product demo/workshop.
Manage, coordinate and execute complete bidding process of RFI and RFPs.
Develop statement of work and other contractual documents as required.
Complete any other tasks that may reasonably be required from time to time.

Requirements

Fluency in French and English is a must.
Self-Initiation and know-how-to-know skills.
High level of performance.
Outstanding leadership qualities and team building skills.
Excellent communication capabilities.
Creative problem-solving skills.
Detail oriented and highly organized.
Excellent follow-up skills.
Bold travel schedule (up to 30%).
Strong written and verbal communication skills to represent the company in a favorable manner.
Highly motivated and able to influence and motivate others.
Ability to work under pressure.
Prepare SWOT analysis on solution offering and should be able to position company’s products against the competition in various geographies.
Good knowledge of global real-time, rails, retail payments and payments landscape.
Fair understanding of Real-time Payments globally including I PSD2, Open Banking, Payment Hub, SWIFT, SEPA.
Good knowledge of the African Payment landscape is a plus, particularly Francophone Africa.
Hands on experience to preparing power point presentations, document and analysis report.
Ability to initiate conversations and make a lasting impact.
Should be regularly updated with the market knowledge on the payment domain and progress at various relevant geographies.